MY Coffee Roastery

A Diedrich roaster sits behind the counter at MY Coffee Roastery, a downtown Berkeley shop that roasts what it pours. The storefront opened in July 2019, and the house line, “Exploring Classics of Coffee,” points at the priorities: roast control, extraction and cup quality.

Roasted on site, poured two ways

The draw is the roasting and brewing programme rather than a broad café menu. Beans are hand-chosen and roasted in house on Diedrich equipment, with seasonal blends rotating through the year and Clover Sonoma organic whole milk on the espresso side. The team has spent more than a decade on brewing and roasting chemistry, and the counter shows it: espresso drinks and hand-brew filter, with little else competing for attention.

A roastery café where the pull is the point

Filter has a clear role here. The shop teaches the V60 pour-over for light roasts, so the method is part of how the business explains itself rather than a line on a menu. The room works as much for buying coffee as for drinking it, with retail bags alongside the bar and a house invitation to enjoy a cup that is amazing even without sugar. There is WiFi, step-free access and outside seating, so a cup and an hour of work sit together easily. Food stays secondary: cakes and pastries next to the coffee.

Order the Orange Blossom Latte, then come back for V60

The Orange Blossom Latte is the most specific drink on the board and the easiest way into the espresso side, helped by the whole-milk standard behind it. If you drink coffee black, order the V60 pour-over and ask for a light roast, since that is where the roastery’s choices read plainest: the hand-chosen beans, the seasonal blends and the roast profile all show in the filter cup. Add a cake or pastry if you want something small, but keep the visit coffee-led.